LANGD Board of Directors

Mr. G. Fred Crabtree – President

1320 Winter Garden-Vineland Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787; email: fcrabtree@langd.orgServed as General Manager at Lake Apopka Natural Gas District from 1991 until early 2008. He has also served as part owner of Kerr Marine Tool Company since 2001. Mr. Crabtree was appointed to serve on the Board, representing the City of Winter Garden, in December 2015.

Mr. J. William Arrowsmith - Vice President

1320 Winter Garden-Vineland Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787; email:bill.arrowsmith@langd.orgEmployed with Seacoast Bank and formerly served as City Commissioner for the City of Apopka for many years. Served on the Board representing the City of Apopka from 2012 to 2016, and was re-appointed to represent the City of Apopka in May 2018.

Hon. Gail L. Ash - Secretary/Treasurer

1320 Winter Garden-Vineland Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787; email: gash@langd.org Has served as Mayor of the City of Clermont since 2014 and was appointed to serve on the Board representing the City of Clermont in January 2017. Mayor Ash was an elementary school teacher for 32 years in Long Island, New York, before relocating to Florida in 1998.

Hon. John Rees - Director

1320 Winter Garden-Vineland Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787; email: jrees@langd.orgHas served for 12 years on the Winter Garden City Commission and has worked with Silver Springs Citrus since 1975. Mayor Rees has served on the Board since 2000, representing City of Winter Garden, and is currently serving his fourth term as Mayor of Winter Garden.

Hon. Kyle Becker - Director

1320 Winter Garden-Vineland Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787; email: kyle.becker@langd.orgHas served as a City Commissioner for the City of Apopka since 2014 and was appointed to serve on the Board, representing the City of Apopka, in May 2018.

Each Board member serves a 2-Year Term

Meeting Schedule - LANGD Board of Commissioners

The regular meetings of the Lake Apopka Natural Gas District are generally held the fourth Monday of each month at 10:00am at the District office located at 1320 Winter Garden-Vineland Road, in Winter Garden, Florida. Any change to the regularly scheduled meeting date is communicated to the member cities of Winter Garden, Apopka and Clermont and published in the Legal Notices section of The Orlando Sentinel. Meeting notices, agendas, and any other applicable resolutions or notices are posted on the District website and in the District lobby the Wednesday prior to each board meeting. All board meetings are open to the public.